English
sequent
Sequent comes from Latin sequor ‘to follow’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetor‘to be following’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōr‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequoras sequī, present participle‘to follow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequentem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400sequent
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekʷ-‘to follow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékʷetor‘to be following’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekʷōr‘to follow, come/go after’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequoras sequī, present participle‘to follow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsequentem
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400sequent
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, Loues Labour’s Lost: “Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries…”
The story
1550s; borrowed from Middle French sequent, from Old French sequent, itself borrowed from Latin sequentem, present participle of sequī (‘to follow’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
say, see, social, second, saw, society, executive, sight, associate, suite, sue, saga, consequence, intrinsic, consequently, dissociation, extrinsic, dissociate, seg, 36 more
through Proto-Italic *sekʷōr ‘to follow, come/go after’
through Latin sequor ‘to follow’
suit, pursue, consecutive, execute, prosecution, persecution, sect, executor, persecute, ensue, segue, sequitur, 20 more
Today it means
adj That comes after in time or order; subsequent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- / sequent